Activities: Crossword puzzle

Crossword puzzle

The answers to each of the clues can be found in the accompanying images (which are from the online exhibition On Track: Curtin's railway journeys). First print out the crossword and then use the images to fill in each answer. Clicking on each thumbnail image will take you to a larger image with more information.

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Clues: Across

1. What was used to cool the saloon in the railway carriage used by John Curtin when he was prime minister? [3]

2. What type of wagon, not usually used for human transport were converted into troop carriages during WW2? [6]

4. The Prince of Wales carriage, built in 1920 was also known as ______ Car No 1. [7]

6. When this photo was taken Curtin was doing which job in parliament? [6,2,3,10]

8. This nick-name was given to trains with side door carriages that operated on Perth suburban railways when John Curtin used them. [3-5]

11. This name was given to the express train from Perth to Kalgoorlie that linked with the Trans train. [8]

13. After a chance meeting between the PM and this soldier on the Trans train, John and Elsie Curtin attended what ceremony involving them? [7]

16. John Curtin is buried at this cemetery in WA (it is adjacent to the Perth to Fremantle railway line). [10]

17. The Prince of Wales carriage had its regular maintenance at which South Australian port? (This is where it was originally built.) [7]

20. John Curtin kept in contact with his government as he travelled by using this type of message. [11]

21. A special train carriage was built in 1920 for the visit to Australia of which important person? [6,2,5]

22. The special carriage built in 1920 can be identified by which letters and numbers in its 'number plate'? [5]

Clues: Down

1. How many years did it take to build the Trans-Australia railway line between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie? [4]

2. During WW2 when troop trains crossing the Nullabor in opposite directions happen to meet by chance at the same rest stop, what game would the
troops sometimes play? [7]

3. What type of panelling was used in the state room of the Prince of Wales carriage? [5]

4. By what means were trains powered at the time that Curtin was prime minister? [5]

5. What clever pull down fitting was installed in the main bedroom of the Prince of Wales carriage? [8]

7. John Curtin had his photo taken around 1930 with a group of men at this siding on the Trans line on the Nullabor. [6]

9. One of the single bedrooms on the Prince of Wales carriage could be converted to what other type of room? [7]

10. At this stop on the Trans line, the locomotive could fill up with water and passengers could get out to stretch their legs. [7]

12. The Prince of Wales carriage can be identified in photos by looking for a door located where on the carriage? [6]

14. John Curtin travelled by train to the east as a member of this Commission during the 1930s. [6]

15. It took more than this number of days and several changes of train to get to Melbourne from Perth in 1917. [5]

18. This word is used instead of car to describe a dining carriage on a train. [6]

19. What important cargo was carried to and from both the east and west on the Trans line during WW2? [6]

Now that you have completed the crossword, you can check the solution. Good luck!

	Crossword puzzle The answers to each of the clues can be found in the accompanying images (which are from the online exhibition On Track: Curtin's railway journeys). First print out the crossword and then use the images to fill in each answer. Clicking on each thumbnail image will take you to a larger image with more information. Download and print crossword Clues: Across
	1. What was used to cool the saloon in the railway carriage used by John Curtin when he was prime minister? [3]
	2. What type of wagon, not usually used for human transport were converted into troop carriages during WW2? [6]
	4. The Prince of Wales carriage, built in 1920 was also known as ______ Car No 1. [7]
	6. When this photo was taken Curtin was doing which job in parliament? [6,2,3,10]
	8. This nick-name was given to trains with side door carriages that operated on Perth suburban railways when John Curtin used them. [3-5]
	11. This name was given to the express train from Perth to Kalgoorlie that linked with the Trans train. [8]
	13. After a chance meeting between the PM and this soldier on the Trans train, John and Elsie Curtin attended what ceremony involving them? [7]
	16. John Curtin is buried at this cemetery in WA (it is adjacent to the Perth to Fremantle railway line). [10]
	17. The Prince of Wales carriage had its regular maintenance at which South Australian port? (This is where it was originally built.) [7]
	20. John Curtin kept in contact with his government as he travelled by using this type of message. [11]
	21. A special train carriage was built in 1920 for the visit to Australia of which important person? [6,2,5]
	22. The special carriage built in 1920 can be identified by which letters and numbers in its 'number plate'? [5]
	Clues: Down
	1. How many years did it take to build the Trans-Australia railway line between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie? [4]
	2. During WW2 when troop trains crossing the Nullabor in opposite directions happen to meet by chance at the same rest stop, what game would the troops sometimes play? [7]
	3. What type of panelling was used in the state room of the Prince of Wales carriage? [5]
	4. By what means were trains powered at the time that Curtin was prime minister? [5]
	5. What clever pull down fitting was installed in the main bedroom of the Prince of Wales carriage? [8]
	7. John Curtin had his photo taken around 1930 with a group of men at this siding on the Trans line on the Nullabor. [6]
	9. One of the single bedrooms on the Prince of Wales carriage could be converted to what other type of room? [7]
	10. At this stop on the Trans line, the locomotive could fill up with water and passengers could get out to stretch their legs. [7]
	12. The Prince of Wales carriage can be identified in photos by looking for a door located where on the carriage? [6]
	14. John Curtin travelled by train to the east as a member of this Commission during the 1930s. [6]
	15. It took more than this number of days and several changes of train to get to Melbourne from Perth in 1917. [5]
	18. This word is used instead of car to describe a dining carriage on a train. [6]
	19. What important cargo was carried to and from both the east and west on the Trans line during WW2? [6]
	Now that you have completed the crossword, you can check the solution. Good luck!